SPAIN has revealed it is aiming to reopen its borders at the end of June as daily deaths from coronavirus in the country fell below 100 for the second day in a row yesterday.

The news follows an announcement from the country’s Health Ministry last Tuesday that all travellers coming into Spain would have to self-quarantine for 14 days as of last Friday, May 15. The country’s Health Minister Salvador Illa said that this quarantine period would be likely to extend through to the end of June as long as long as there are no new spikes in the virus’ transmission, according to El Pais.

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The government has stated that such a quarantine would be forthcoming, but the details have been sketchy so far and no date of implementation has been issued – though reports claim the proposals will be released this week.

When the idea of imposing quarantine on travellers to the UK was first revealed, the government said it had agreed that France would be exempt.

But last week the BBC reported that the government denied that this would be the case in an apparent U-turn.

A joint statement from the British and French governments published on May 10 had initially read: “No quarantine measures would apply to travellers coming from France at this stage; any measures on either side would be taken in a concerted and reciprocal manner.”

People in Barcelona sit on Carmel hill on May 17. (Image: Xavi Torrent / Getty)

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps sowed further confusion yesterday after recommending that the government allow quarantine-less travel from some countries to the UK as long as their infection rate is low.

This would be based on other countries having an R number of less than one, with the aim of boosting confidence in air travel, the Guardian reports.

Meanwhile, Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez has said that he would be seeking a fifth extension to the country’s lockdown which would last until late June.

Sanchez said it would be the country’s final lockdown extension, the Times reports, but added that “we must keep on track”.